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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Dagogo Chris" <vis@kerdos.gr>
Reply-To: chrisdago2@sify.com
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:46:44 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY



Dear Brethren,

Wishing you a wonderful day. Before I proceed, I must first apologize for
this unsolicited mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly an
unconventional approach to establishing a business relationship, but you
will realize the need for my action. I got your Contact While in a private
research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that
will be willing to involve in a confidential Transaction With me. I am Mr.
Dagogo Chris, the newly appointed chairman of the local and foreign
debtreconciliation panel of the FGN.

The Transaction am proposing is an offer. This offer is an amount from
Federal Government left over in 2009. It is a total Sum of
US$21.700,000.00 (Twenty-one million, seven hundred thousand united states
dollars), which will be shared Between You and I in the ratio of 70%-30%.
The money in question is a left over from the amount used in paying local
contractors. A great number of the contractors had their contract sum over
quoted/invoiced by my predecessor who was recently removed from office
without prior notice.

As the current/acting chairman of the debt reconciliation Panel,
everything is directly under my control at the moment. I am offering you
this opportunity, believing that you will be capable of keeping the fund
in safe custody and will hand over my share of 70% to me on demand. I
intend to invest my share in your Country.It is important to note that the
fund is presently deposited among other funds meant for the payment of
foreign contractors. The only thing needed for this US$21,700,000.00
Million to be transferred to you is a bank account. So, contact me
immediately if you are willing to achieve it with me. Get in touch so that
we can work out a perfect plan.

This transaction will take just few days to achieve. The arrangement to
perfect it is already in place. I have all it takes to achieve the
transfer. With my Position as the chairman of the debt reconciliation
panel, I can quietly arrange everything. If you are willing to cooperate
with me, this money Will Be transferred to you without hitches, as I won't
have problems in regularizing all necessary documents so that we won't
encounter any difficulties.

Finally, note that the only problem we are likely to face is that of
trust. It is worthy of note that people are unreliable these days and even
derive joy in telling lies. On this ground, I request your sincere
cooperation devoid of greed in carrying out this transaction so that no
one amongst the both of us shall defraud the other at the end of the day.
Note again that I am only prepared to split at 70%---30% for you, provided
mine (70%) will be intact at the end of the day. So if you are willing to
make this deal with me, contact me via this email.


Best Regards.


Mr. Dagogo Chris
(Chairman, Debt Reconciliation Panel, FGN).



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